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Founded in 1927, the Society of Friends of Defense and Aviation-
Chemical Construction, or "Osoaviakhim," became the largest mass
voluntary association in the Soviet Union before World War II.
Conceived in Bolshevik rhetoric about the creativity of the toiling
masses, this novel organizational scheme gradually acquired
bureaucratic substance and played a significant role in making the
civilian masses administratively accessible for elementary programs
in military training and chemical and aviation technology. William
E. Odom's study of Osoaviakhim in its first decade seeks not only
to recount the history of its development, but, more importantly,
to demonstrate that the Soviet experience can be analyzed using the
language and concepts of Western social science. In particular, the
author argues that concepts from organization theory offer
promising opportunities to relate Soviet area studies to the
broader concerns of comparative politics, and that middle range
generalizations about politics within bureaucracies may prove very
helpful in explaining "who gets what, when, and how" in the Soviet
polity. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
Founded in 1927, the Society of Friends of Defense and Aviation-
Chemical Construction, or "Osoaviakhim," became the largest mass
voluntary association in the Soviet Union before World War II.
Conceived in Bolshevik rhetoric about the creativity of the toiling
masses, this novel organizational scheme gradually acquired
bureaucratic substance and played a significant role in making the
civilian masses administratively accessible for elementary programs
in military training and chemical and aviation technology. William
E. Odom's study of Osoaviakhim in its first decade seeks not only
to recount the history of its development, but, more importantly,
to demonstrate that the Soviet experience can be analyzed using the
language and concepts of Western social science. In particular, the
author argues that concepts from organization theory offer
promising opportunities to relate Soviet area studies to the
broader concerns of comparative politics, and that middle range
generalizations about politics within bureaucracies may prove very
helpful in explaining "who gets what, when, and how" in the Soviet
polity. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
Security depends on intelligence. A leading authority discusses
basic problems in American intelligence and how to fix them William
E. Odom is the highest-ranking member of the United States
Intelligence community ever to write a book outlining fundamental
restructuring of this vast network of agencies, technology, and
human agents. In the wake of 9/11, Odom has revised and updated a
powerful critique he wrote several years ago for staffs of the U.S.
congressional committee overseeing the vast American intelligence
bureaucracy. His recommendations for revamping this essential
component of American security are now available for general
readers as well as for policymakers. While giving an unmatched
overview of the world of U.S. intelligence, Odom persuasively shows
that the failure of American intelligence on 9/11 had much to do
with the complex bureaucratic relationships existing among the
various components of the Intelligence Community. The sustained
fragmentation within the Intelligence Community since World War II
is part of the story; the blurring of security and intelligence
duties is another. Odom describes the various components of
American intelligence in order to give readers an understanding of
how complex they are and what can be done to make them more
effective in providing timely intelligence and more efficient in
using their large budgets. He shows definitively that they cannot
be remedied with quick fixes but require deep study of the entire
bureaucracy and the commitment of the U.S. government to implement
the necessary reforms.
One of the great surprises in modern military history is the
collapse of the Soviet Armed Forces in 1991-along with the
party-state with which it was inextricably intertwined. In this
important book, a distinguished United States Army officer and
scholar traces the rise and fall of the Soviet military, arguing
that it had a far greater impact on Soviet politics and economic
development than was perceived in the West. General William E. Odom
asserts that Gorbachev saw that dramatically shrinking the military
and the military-industrial sector of the economy was essential for
fully implementing perestroika and that his efforts to do this led
to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Odom enhances his account
with interviews with key actors in the Soviet Union before, during,
and after the collapse. He describes the condition of the Soviet
military during the mid-1980s and explains how it became what it
was-its organizational structures, manpower policies, and
military-industrial arrangements. He then moves to the dramatic
events that led to its destruction, taking us to the most secret
circles of Soviet policy making, as well as describing the public
debates, factional struggles in the new parliament, and street
combat as army units tried to repress the political forces
unleashed by glasnost. Odom shows that just as the military was the
ultimate source of stability for the multinational Soviet state,
the communist ideology justified the military's priority claim on
the economy. When Gorbachev tried to shift resources from the
military to the civilian sector to overcome economic stagnation, he
had to revise the official ideology in order to justify removing
the military from its central place. Paralyzed by corruption,
mistrust, and public disillusionment, the military was unable and
unwilling to intervene against either Gorbachev's perestroika or
Yeltsin's dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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